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Quiz: Baha’i Faith Facts and Trivia

The Baha’i Faith is one of the world religions with the most wide a variety of adherents throughout the world. It’s a relatively new faith, having started in Persia in the 19th century. Test your knowledge, your mettle, your trivia, your multiple choice skills on this fascinating faith which was called ‘Bahaism’ in the past. See if you cut the mustard, are up to snuff, ace in the hole, all that good stuff. Good luck, and have fun.

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Bahai­ Faith

The Bahai­ Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Baha’u’llah in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.There are an estimated five to six million Bahai’­s around the world in more than 200 countries and territories.

Bahai teachings emphasize the underlying unity of the major world religions. Religious history is seen to have unfolded through a series of divine messengers, each of whom established a religion that was suited to the needs of the time and the capacity of the people. These messengers have included Abraham, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad and others, including most recently Baha’u’llah. In Bahai ­ belief, each messenger taught of the next, and Baha’u’llah’s life and teachings fulfill the end-time promises of previous scriptures. Humanity is understood to be involved in a process of collective evolution, and the need of the present time is for the gradual establishment of peace, justice and unity on a global scale.

The word “Bahai ­” is used either as an adjective to refer to the Bahai Faith or as a term for a follower of Baha’u’llah, and the word is not a noun meaning the religion as a whole. It is derived from the Arabic Baha’, meaning “glory” or “splendour”. The term “Bahaism” (or “Baha’ism”) has been used in the past, but is fading from use.